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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30
Buffalo Bilt,s Romance.

Harry Beaconsfield, of Leavenworth,
Kan, talking of William Cody's early
life, said to reporter of the San Fran
cisco Examiner:
When 1 knew Buffalo Bill first. in
1864, he was wild and woolly and I'M
promising. We speak of the wild and
woolly West sometimes with vein
of humor in our remark, as though we
enjoyed it. Well of all the handbook
ing citizens l ever set eyes on young
Cody was the worst The school
ma'ams who used to come out from
Illinois and Ohio about that time used to
refer to him rs Sweet William. He
wore his black hair very long, his pants
In his boots, stumbling gait and an
unkempt air generally that marked him
as the most unpromising youth in that
section of the rowdy West. He had no
pride about him, and it did not appear
that he wou ever amount to auyth ny.
About this time he fell in love with a
dashing little school teacher and pro-
posed to her. Everybody but Bill knew
his fate long beforehand. They knew
he was destined to get fioored, but Bill
had no inkling of it. When he received
negative reply he was utterly crushed,
and remained so for days. lie was per-
fectly collapsed aud hfeless. But after
week he began to brace up. The
rough fronticrsman had ridiculed his
grammar and poked fun at him on every
thing. Bill bought some books and
began to post up. He was soon there
after in the field as a scout, and three
years after, when he came back, he was
the most changed man ever saw. His
defeat had proved his victory. The girl
was his mascot. Had it not been for her
am as confident as | can be of anything
In the world he would never have
amounted to anything, and would never
have been heard Of
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30
Tlar1S
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Complaint Of the stage carpenter
work and no play.
To remove mill-due-pay OF what is
due on the mill, of course. -.Sjffings.
Although the hen is proud Of her little
ones, yet does she love to sit on them. 49,
Puck.
The most popular man in the p. O. de
partment- General delivery. - Washing
ton critic.
man running for Office may get out
Of breath but nc will be more apt TO get
out of money. -Pic1yuae.
When you como to think Of il, young
man, isn't the marriage ceremony miss
leading p YonIers Statesman.
An exchange publishes "The Song Of
the Gas Man" OF course it is sung to
long meter. --NeDman IHdepondenf
Send us the dresses awomen has worn.
and we can tell you whether her husband
Is in Canada or not. - Omaha Worth.
When you sec person literally devour-
ing book you may be sure il is filed
with tender-lines. ST. Paul Herald
Talk is cheap. The man who talks
too much gets so liberal that he gives
himself away. Baltimore Amcrican.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30
4 Yeru Hiah Church.

"The very highest church in Europe"
according to the Bundner Tagblatt, sis
the pilgrimage chapel of st. Maria de
Ziteit, above Salux, in the canton OF
Graubunden. 1t lies 2, 434 meters above
the sea level-nearly 5000 feet high
above the forest, near the limits of per
petual snow. 1t is only open during the
summer time of that region-or, as the
folks thereabout reckon, from st. John
the Baptist's Day to St. Michael's Day
and is used only by the Alp herds, who
remain there through the summer with
their cows and goats, and occasionally
by hunters in search Of the chamos and
marmot. All the inhabitants of Salux
climb up thither on Midsummer Day ia
assist at the first mass and hear the first
sermon of the year, and there is also a
crowded congregation on Michaelmas
Day, at the last service OF the wear.
From time to time n few stray pilgrims
from the Graubunden Oberland and the
Tyrol find their way here. The second
highest church probably in Europe, that
of Monst@in, also open only in the sum.
mer, belongs to Graubundcn. At oui
visit the hale old preacher had five for.
eign tourists for his congregation.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

1t is reported that missionaries in the
Congo region have discovered that
beverage made Of bananas is . proven
tive of ma!arial fevcrs.
Electricity, under favorable circum-
stances, has been found to travel ut the
rate of ass, 900 miles per second.
The majority of inks are made from
copperas and an infusion of nut-galls.
Solutions Of aniline blue or violet are
used for writing purposes, but on cx-
posure TO light and air they fade
quickly.
Late calculations from compared OBJ
servations show that Alcyone-that one
of the Pleiades around which the sun
and the whole solar system were once
thought to revolvc z,is about 954, 900, :
900, 900, 900 miles from us, distance
that it would take light about 1853 years
to travel
The veteran Russian anatomist, Wenzel
Gruber, who recently celebrated the
fortieth anniversary of his appointment
in the medical school ut st. Petersburg,
has superintendent the dissection of 3d.
600 bodies and has written $40 memoirs
and pamphlets on anatomical subjects.
During the five school years the di-
rector of the Royal Deaf Mute Institu.
ton at Copenhagen has made semi dur
nal measurements of the height and
weight of the children under his care
and he deduced number of condolences
between variations in their weight and
those in the temperature of the air.
Great interest was taken in the paper
read by Mr.. Edison during the recent
session Of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science describing
his new invention for obtaining cleo
tricity directly from fuel. The descrip-
ton of the experiments that lead up to
the invention were as interesting as the
invention itself promises to be valuable.
Another of the new diseases which
follow in the wake of civilization has
been reported from Berlin, where two
telegraph operators have been affected
Thef niger nails have fallen out, one after
another, though the persons have been
otherwise in good health. The curious
affection is ascribed to the constant lar
and pressure on the fingers produced by
working the Morse key.
1t is well understood that cold sem
sation reaches consciousness more rapidly
than one of warmth. The exact time
required to perceive each has lately been
measured by DR.. Goldscheider, of Ber-
lin. Contact with cold point was felt
on the face after 1875, on the arm after
Is, on the abdomen after %, and on the
knee after 25 hundredths of second.
From hot point the sensation was felt
on the same surfaces after 10, 81, GO and
20 hundredth of second respectively.
This great time difference has an i'm
portant bearing on the theory of skin
| sensations.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

Gratitude that takes the form of dol.
lars and cents is generally well liked by
the recipient. II SO. Private Heath OF
the Fifth cavalry, should feel repaid for
gallant deed he did eleven years age
IN the Sioux war. In that campaign he
rescued the captain Of his company, who
was wounded, from falling into the
hands of the Indians at the great risk
OF his own life. Now Captain
Priceis looking him up to give him q
deed TO Kansas farm worth 81. 900.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30
outotsands Swallowed the Train,

Talking about railroad accidents
remarked an old railroad man in CONVEX
sation about the Chatsworth horror. "tho
most remarkable one ever knew Of
and I've been running on the road now
for nearly thirty years-was in Kansas
on the X. r., not far from Fort Wallace.
where train of cars, including the en-
CINE, was thrown into the bed of dry
creek and never found That is. the
engine and some Of the cars never were.
The engineer and fireman were both lost
The train was freight, and that's why
there were no passengers 70 he killed
AT the time of the Tay bridge disaster
IN Scotland, the train. which was blown
from the bridge, or went through the
bridge, which ever il was, was never
found because the water and mud were
deep and swallowed up the engine, while
the coaches probably went out TO sea
with the tide. But there was no tide in
that Kansas dry branch The quick
sand just swallowed everything. IL Chi
caQo Tribune.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

Europe mas 337, 600, 000peoplc, according
to the report prepared for the Intcrna-
tional Statistical Congress. This is about
five and a half times as many perons as
there are in the United States. This
population lives upon 6,233, 600 square
miles of land. But more than half the
land in Europe is Russian territory. and
Russia has far less than half the people
Russia has 3,423, 1876 square miles of
land, leaving for all other nations but
2,SO0, Sl5 square miles, and the popula-
ton of all the nations, exclusive of Rus
STA, is PA 400, 900, that Of Russia boinp
$4,000 600. If all Europe were peoplcd
rs dcnsely as are the non Russian coun-
tries, Europe would have more than
eight times the population of
the United States. But the whole area
OF the United States is 3. go, 900 square
miles, or rather less than the Russian
territory but good deal larger than
the remainder of Europe Non Russian
Europe, therefore, crowds pa. 600. 600
OF people upon a surface much smaller
than that held by our 10000, 600. In
all Europe, exclusive of Russia. the
average of population to the square mile
IS 100, and in the United States it is
10 For every loaf of bread that man
gets in Europe there is ten times as
much struggling as for a loaf IN this
country:~~J'read is dear, therefore. and
humanity is cheap in Europe. Humanity
is more highly rated here, aud bread is
cheaper.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

The word bogus" is of Georgia ORR
gin. VIM. A. Bogus was Georgia land
lottery commissioner who issued fraudu-
lent land rights. The word bogus" is
defined by Webster rs spurious; n cant
term originally applied to n counterfeit
coin, and hence dcnoting anything couu.
tcrieit.' The newspapers associated this
definition with the name Of the fraudu.
lent commissioner, and since then
bogus has been the universal Ameri-
can term for anything worthless. II i.
applied more particularly 20 money. -
detroit Free Press.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30
PEARLS OF rnoUcHE.

Silence is the sanctuary of prudence
From the lowest depth there is path
to the lofticst height.
What is law without justicel What
is justice without mercy!
Genius without ambition is as useless
as a cannon ball without powder.
To succeed in life requires equal part;
OF ambition, ability and enterprise.
You must love your work and not be
looking over the edge of it for the play
to begin.
Do not keep your good manners for
company, but be equally polite at home
and abroad.
Put this restriction on your pleasures:
BE cautious that they injurc no being
which has life.
The love of singularity proceeds from
restless mind, possessing some portion
of genius and large portion of vanity.
Let all men, whether successful or un-
successful, whether they triumph or not,
let them do their duty and rest salts
fed.
The strongest men are the most ten
der-hearted. The coolest and sweetest
waters flow from under the greatest
rock.
Nothing does so much honor to a
woman as her patience, and nothing does
her so little as the patience of her hus-
band.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

Jeffrey Wilson, who died near Me
chanicsbuTg, Ohio, a short time ago, was
born slave in Virginia in 1873, and had
entered on his 115th year, when he died
He was slave for nlnety-two years.
He had two wives, BY the first he be-
came the father of eight children, three
OF whom are living, the average of their
ages being so years, the eldest being 81
and the youngest 20 years. BY his
second wife he had nine children, six
OF whom are living, their average age
being 90 years, the eldest being So and
the youngest Al. He had seventy-six
grandchildren, thirteen great -grandchil-
dren, and one grcat-great grandchild,
his offspring extending through four
generations, there being 106 souls. In
his veins flowed the blood of three races
white, negro, and Indian-and to this
fact Is attributed his longevity.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

They were seated in the balcony, and
he, the ardent aud romantic lover. wa,
breathing imprisoned sentiment into
the cars Of the peerless but practical
Priscilla.
"lIow sweet 10 me is the scent Of
roscs! he murmurc !, in his thrilling
tones. The perfume Of that queen Of
flowers affects me strangely agitates me,
nay, even forces tho tears into my eyes ~
And Pegasus would have scared 10
even greater heights had she not
brought him to earth with the common
place comment.
"Wcll, do you know, I've noticed the
pc thing about onionsr'
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30
Instinct GmffIcs Their Sinns

Zone Of the strangcst phenomena to
me, " remarked a physician last evening.
''is the manner in which some intoxi-
Gated men find their homes. For in
stance, ] had a very wealthy patient
send for me the other morning. He
wanted me 10 dress % wound on the
back Of his h adj He was utterly IN
able to tell how nc had received IT,
II was q severe cut, and must have
been very painful. Inquiry developed
that the gentleman had attended r. ban
quot the night before, which was q very
lively affair In the early morning he
departed for home. lie remembered in
% rather muddlcd way every incident
that happened TO him up 10 tho time Of
reaching tho street After that all is n
blank, and hc can recall nothing until
hc awokc in bed that morning with n
laccratcd and painful head. How.
when OF where Inc received his wound
ne cannot tell Yet hc was able 10 find
his home, open tho door and get into
bed. ! feel inclined TO accept FalstaTs
reasoning and say that such people
reach their destination 10y Instinct. 49,
Philadelphia Call
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

a little thought and little care,
"A little tenderness now and then,
x precious speech and a courtly air
Nay give one rank among Agcntlemcn;-
BUT no who merits the highest place.
Though clad In homespun cloth, It's true
Is one who carries a heart of grace,
And Is really q nobleman through and
through.
All! not TO Ieafiet here and there
Is the lovely scene Of the rose conveyed:
Nor Is there n corner within it where
The fragrance turks, AMI the treasures
laid:
But every petal IL truly filled
rink or crinison, or sairrol hue
with o,iors rich, by the dews distilled:
And the rose is n sweet rose through and
through.
And yonder billow with foaminy crest.
SO bright and sparkling. Sd glad and free,
May seem Of lighter make than the rest
VI the mighty sweep Of the solemn sea;
but there's not drop in the crucible,
Never drop since the world was new,
That wouldn't the self same story tell,
That the sea Is a salt sea through and
through.
The tree is stunted, the vine Is spoiled,
There's neither blossom nor leaf nor fruit.
when the sap in its upward reach is foiled
And fetterei close in the tangled root.
And there's nothing sound, and there's moth
ing strong,
There's nothing good, and there's nothing
true,
That is not honestly-right along
Sweet and savory through and through.
Faithfully faithful to every trust;
Honestly honest in every deed;
Righteously righteous, and justly just.
This is the whole of the good mans creed
1.-THE Earth.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

Attention is being called to the enor-
nous loss Of stock that has taken place
on the ranches of Montana and Wyo.
ming during the past winter owing to
lack of food and to exposure. The cat
tie are required to provide for them
selves on the bleak plains of these terri
tories aud where the ranch is over
stocked and the pastures bare many ami
mails must necessarily perish. This, ~
says the New York Epoch, sis a matter
which sooner or later will re quire lcgis-
iation of some kind, for to permit cattle
to starvc and freeze to death is surely
the worst kind of cruelty. 1t may also
be question whether any of that region
is suitable for stock in winter, with the
exception of n narrow strip under the
shadow of the Rocky Mountains and
subject to the Chinook winds"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

The Sydney (Australia) Herald quotes
an official report relative to attempts to
suppress the rabbit plague in Australia
and says: "The evidence goes to show
that the present system for the destruc.
ton OF the rabbits has been complete
failure. There has been e361, 402 spent,
and 1858, 1877 rabbits have been killed.
That is, every rabbit has cost nearly a
shilling to kill, while the lamentable fact
remains that the rabbits have not de-
decreased in numbers, but have rather
increased"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

Coffee and tea IL is we'll known,
Are apt 20 make the features brown
And 50 the girls I'm pleased go state,
Have got to using chalk o. late.
Detroit FREE Press
No wonder they say the Yankees x
aggerate We know one who complained
TO his butcher that the last piece Of steak
sent him was so tough that his mother
could not chew the gravy. -Hotet Ga-
setIe.
"'What dislike about the large no.
tells, " said Miss Culture, sis their grega-
robustness" "Well. responded the Chr.
cago maiden, rather bewidercd, those
fancy buildings never did agree with me
either. '-Bost0n GJ0be.
A man whose fair features were terribly
marrcd
BY IAN accident. said: Little heed
People gave TO me once, but my luck, th0ugh
ill-starred.
Now has made me n marked man, indee !.
Boston Budgei.
Wong Chin Foo, who has the whiskers
Of tiger, whose waist is three miles
round, and whose wit is the forest OF
pencils, asks in the North Amcric0n Re-
rice. "Why am a heathen" Because,
oh most wisc and courtly mandarin, thou
vast born boy. lIadst thou been born
a girl, thou wouldsst have been . she,
then. Send VS. the chrome Or holdi
we'll take an ulstc.. -Bfritts,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

TIE annual wood consumption Of thu
United States for building and ,othe,
purposes is something over two thousald
millions Of cubic feet. We still have 8
large area Of forest land, but with q
wasteful and improvident management
how long can this last2
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

Fond Wife Would you believe that
Mrs. Ecclcs, next door, speaks seven
languagcs2
Fond Husband Certainly would
she's got tongue enough to speak fifty
IIIarpeI's b zar
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

Sessions of the Cou l.ts
Circuit Court. l3sh Judicial Circcit. Hon
James D. Armstrong, Presidisx-rsras ~
gin A. folio -
Grant County --Foarth Tnesday ia March
6nt Tuesday in June and third ruesaAy Ia
October.
Hampshire County-First raesday in Feb.
ruary, second Tuesday 10 May aaa this !
Tuesday in September.
HARDY Cousty Second raesday Ia March
l,st Tuesday in May and 6rst Tuesday IN
October.
kineral County Second Tuesday in jan
nary. fourth Tuesday in April and 6rst Tues
day in September.
Pesdlesoa Copaty.--Secoad Wednesday 10
April, Wednesday after second Tuesday IN
June, and 6rst Wednesday In Nove0ber.
County Court Of Hampshire County. John
r. Vance. President /; L. d. Schnibbe- and r
d. Powell, Commissioners =; @. $. W hits. Clerk
The regular sessions are held b~ginuing on
the 6rst Tuesday in January, AI.il aud DC.
tober. aud 9Th Tuesday in July.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

to look into an oven. But somehow hei
face was red even before she opened the
oven door.-tGood Cheer.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-09-30

An experienced hog says he regard,
hunger AID the ,choolmastcr', rattan rs
about thc same thing, as they both make
bin boiler
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-10-19
Don't Experiment.

You cannot afford to waste time iu
experimenting when your lungs are in
danger. Consumption always seems at
first, only cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
cheap imitation of DIR. Kings New Dis
coyery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, but be sure you get the genuine.
Because he can make more profit he
may tell you he has something just as
good, or just the same. Don't be de
eeived, but insist upon getting DIR
Kings New Discovery, which is guar
anteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung
and Chest affections. Trial bottles free
at G. i. Roos' Drug Store.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-10-19
Cottonsv0od GleUni,sgs.

Our regular correspondent Mr..
study anatomy and surgery in the uni
.versity. We bespeak him a bright ca
reer.
We consider it our duty to remind
you that we are in existance and quite
stirry in one way or another.
Miss Louisa Jahnke is visiting rel
atives at Chicago.
Married Tuesday, at New Ulm,
by Rev. A. Berghold, Jos. Ubel to Miss
Lizzy Leah. We wish both OF the con-
tracing parties peace and prosperity.
A sister af Mrs. Seibert is visiting
here. She lives in York state.
Go west young man and grow up
with the country is what Horace Greely
said. Messrs. Fred Muhs and Louis
Engelberth will depart Monday for
Spokane Falls, Washington Terr. May
success attend you and may you realize
that there is mo place like home.''
School began in Dist. Oct. with
Mr., JAS. Thomas as pedagogue. A. j.
Domeier is welding the rod in Dist. 8.
Miss Minnie Hoffman, has engaged the
school in Dist. 5 to begin Jan. next.
Miss Mulvehill, of St. Peter, will teach
in Dist. 2.
"A literary society will be reorgan-
ised next month in Dist. 4.
The wedding bells are ringing.
Prominent parties will be concerned.
PHOENIX.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-10-19

The new postal regulations recently
prepared at the postoffice department
went into effect Sept Is, and packages
of fourth.class matter (such as samples
and packages Of merchandise) must
not contain hereafter any writing OF
printing on the face or surface except
the name and address of the sender,
preceded blythe word ''from, " and the
number and names Of the article en-.
closed. Otherwise the entire package
will be subject to postage at letter rates.
Heretofore the ruling Of the department
has been to the effect that any printed
matter not having the character Of per-
sonal correspondence might be attached
to such matter. n